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. 2016 Nov 17;116(1):141–148. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.378

Table 3. Estimated false positive (FPR) and false negative (FNR) adjudication rates (%, s.e.) by adjudicator, overall, and by study arm.

    Data source
Country Error rate Adj. #1 Adj. #2 Adj. #3 Adj. #4 Overall Screening arm Control arm
Netherlands FPR (%) 0.4 (0.3) 0.5 (0.6) 1.8 (0.7) 0.5 (0.5) 0.9 (0.3) 0.7 (0.3) 1.3 (0.7)
  FNR (%) 10.4 (2.5) 0.0 (0.0) 3.5 (1.5) 10.0 (3.0) 7.0 (1.3) 7.4 (2.0) 6.4 (1.7)
Belgium FPR (%) 0.7 (0.6) 1.2 (0.8) 0.7 (0.5) 0.0 (0.0) 0.6 (0.3) 0.5 (0.3) 0.6 (0.4)
  FNR (%) 4.5 (2.5) 5.9 (3.5) 7.4 (3.3) 6.0 (3.2) 6.0 (1.6) 7.7 (2.7) 4.7 (2.0)
Sweden FPR (%) 0.8 (0.6) 0.8 (0.6) 2.8 (1.1) 1.5 (0.5) 2.2 (1.1) 1.7 (0.8)
  FNR (%) 3.7 (1.5) 0.6 (0.7) 1.3 (0.9) 1.9 (0.7) 0.6 (0.4) 3.1 (1.1)
Finland FPR (%) 1.9 (1.1) 1.2 (0.9) 6.2 (1.9) 2.5 (0.6) 2.4 (0.8) 2.7 (0.9)
  FNR (%) 4.9 (1.3) 1.5 (0.8) 1.2 (0.7) 3.1 (0.9) 3.3 (1.4) 3.1 (1.1)
Switzerland FPR (%) 20.8 (7.7) 5.6 (3.4) 4.4 (3.1) 0.0 (0.0) 6.9 (2.4) 2.2 (1.6) 20.7 (5.5)
  FNR (%) 6.2 (6.7) 5.9 (5.7) 10.4 (6.6) 0.0 (0.0) 7.5 (4.0) 10.7 (5.7) 0.0 (0.0)

Note: results for individual adjudicators (Adj) #1 to #4 are from model 1; the overall results are from model 2; the screening and control arm results are from model 3.